Clothes-drier



(No Mode l.)

G. W. LLEWELLYN. CLOTHES DRIER.

Patented Mar. 81, 18%,.

WJZWESSE'S UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE \V. LLEIVELLYN, OF GLEN MOORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,484, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed December 17, 1890. Serial No. 374,995. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LLEWELLYN, of Glen Moore, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Racks; and I do hereby declare that the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my improved clothes-drier opened. Fig. 2 is a View of the same closed. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same opened.

Thisinvention is an improvement in clothesdriers; and it consist-s in the novel construction and combination of parts described and claimed as follows:

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a vertical rod having its lower portion Ct larger than its upper portion a, leaving a shoulder a at the junction of these portions.

B B designate strips corresponding in 11 umber to the side faces of rod A and pivotally secured to the respective faces of the rod at the lower end thereof by pins or screws Z) b, so that the strips project about one-third of their length beyond the large end of the rod, and these projecting portions of the strips constitute the legs of the device. The strips being pivoted can be turned at angles to the rod, Figs. 1 and 3, when opened, or parallel with the rod when closed, Fig. 2.

C O designate ropes or wires, which are strung horizontally between the upper ends of the pieces B, which constitute the arms of the rack, as shown, being attached to eyes 0 on the pieces. \Vhen opened, the pieces overlie each other, as in Fig. 1, so that the extent of their opening is thus limited, as well as by means of the cords O.

D designatesa run ner mounted on portion a of rod A, and preferably rectangular in crosssection, andEE designate links pivotally connected at their upper ends to the several faces of the runner and by their lower ends to the respective adjoining pieces B B at points about midway between their pivots b and upper ends. This runner and links constitute a truss-brace for the several pieces, preventing sagging thereof and collapsing of the frame, and as there is thus two points of connection between each piece and the rod one piece cannot be opened or closed without causing a similar adjustment of all the other pieces. The runner and links, being within the cords and above the leg portion of the pieces, are out of the way and are self-adj usting and automaticin operation. Itwillbe observed that the links project tangentiallyfrom the runner and are connected to the inner faces of the pieces; and the pivots of the pieces to the post, and of the links to the runner, are at the same side of the post. When the rack is folded the links lie between the reduced portion a of the post and the pieces, the shoulders a. permitting this. By this tangential arrangement of the links the rack is not strained torsionally and can be folded closely.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desired to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is-

The within-described clothes-drier, consisting of a vertical post A, having a lower portion a and a reduced upper portion a, having a shoulder a at the junction of said portions and angular in cross-section throughout its length, and the series of pieces B, constituting the legs and arms of the drier and pivoted near their lower ends to the post near the lower end and to the respective sides thereof, with the angular runner D fitted on part a of the post, and the links E, pivoted by their upper ends to the sides of the runner and by their lower ends to the inner sides of pieces E above the pivotal points of connection of the latter to the post and extending tangentially to the runner when opened, and the cords or Wires 0, strung between the pieces E, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE IV. LLEWELLYN.

Witnesses:

PHILIP F. LARNER, T. H. ALEXANDER. 

